Title: It's In Her Kiss...
Chapter Three
Author: KissThis
Rating: Pg-13...might change to R in later chapters.
Summary: Takes place about a year after the fight with Galaxia and the leaving of the Starlights. Visions plague Healer, and she desires to return to Earth. And a romance ensues with many obstacles and bumps along the way. Usagi/Yaten
Disclaimer: All Sailormoon paraphernalia belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. The plot, though, was dutifully thought of and recorded by my faithful plot bunnies.
A/N: Lol, now don't they feel sheepish! And what's this? – Usagi knows about Yaten's feelings? Eeeeexcelent...(creepy evil voice)
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"Kombanwa minna-san!" Usagi opened the large door of the mansion and called out. The Starlights, still dumfounded and shocked followed her inside each carrying a plastic bag bulging with Japanese take-out.
"Upstairs!" Michiru's voice called out from the second floor
"And hurry up! I'm starving!" That was Haruka.
"Damnit 'Ruka-chan! When I get up there..." Usagi kicked off her flip-flops and took the ancient wooden stairs two at a time disappearing from view. Yaten stood stock-still for a nano-second and then bolted. Despite the clichéness of it, Taiki and Seiya actually had to drag the shorter woman up the stairs...kicking and screaming...
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"Ohayo!" She said, dropping the food bags. They had barely been on the ground for more than a minute when they were snatched up by a horde of starving women. "Save some for me!" She exclaimed, incredulously.
"Sorry Usa."
"Mina-chan! You made it!" Usagi embraced the blonde who was currently stuffing her face with chicken and rice. Minako returned the hug and kissed her former "twin" on the cheek. "Have I ever missed a Chill-A-Thon?!" She pointed out.
Usagi grinned impishly, "Well, noooooo.......but you're a big movie star now. I didn't think you'd have time for your childhood friends......ya know...the ones who've always been there for you..." Usagi pouted, "And one, in particular, who has saved your life and brought it back on many an occasion..."
"Geez!" Minako exclaimed handing over the take-out carton, "Heaping on the guilt trip are we?"
Usagi cheekily popped a piece of chicken in her mouth before replying, "Works every time."
The door to the living room slide open and Yaten came tumbling in; most likely due to the combined efforts of Taiki and Seiya. The two suspects entered thereafter wearing identically victorious expressions that only helped confirmed Usagi's earlier assumption.
"These aren't the ones you picked up...are they?" Haruka questioned.
"Yeah. You should've seen their faces when they finally realized it was me. Oh, the things they told me..."
Emerald eyes pleaded with the azure ones peering over the flaps of a rice carton, and Yaten sighed in relief when Usagi didn't continue. The same blue orbs that saved her from the darkness of her dreams, were the same blue eyes that pinned her gaze and held her a prisoner. The world continued around her, but Yaten took no notice as heaven opened to her within her desire's eyes.
And then it was gone and Usagi was speaking again. Yaten blinked against the harsh light of an overhead chandelier as her jade orbs readjusted to reality. "What are we waiting for?!" Usagi asked, "LET'S PARTY!"
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The resounding beat was loud, and made them forget their troubles; not to mention the countless beers they had downed. The breakneck rhythm thumped through the walls and pulsed around them. Their bodies felt the need to move and they all danced close – not just because of the room's compactness – and they started to dance close, hips in line.
Usagi sighed drawing Haruka's eyes to her, "When is it going to be my turn? I mean Rei has way too many girls that like her, Makoto is always running off to meet some secret boyfriend, and hell everyone has the hots for Minako."
"True...she is a babe..."
" 'Ruka-chan!" Usagi exclaimed, with a liquored half-grin. "Focus!"
Haruka laughed, "Well her legs do go all the way down to the floor..."
Usagi pouted, "It's not funny."
"Yeah, it is" Haruka started dancing again. She took Usagi's hand and danced with her back to the rest of the dancers. "It's funny because you haven't bothered to check out what's around you."
"What do you mean?" Usagi started moving, facing Haruka this time.
"Move your hips, wild one," Haruka teased. "And I'll show you."
"What?" Usagi seemed baffled, and she blinked her glassy eyes in drunken confusion.
"You are way too cute to think you're never going to get a girlfriend." Haruka placed her hands on Usagi's hips. They danced close, facing each other. Haruka looked around. "Okay, now look to the left."
Usagi looked out the corner of her eye and up through her long, black lashes. "Yaten?" She guessed, catching sight of the green-eyed woman laughing and dancing with seventeen year old Hotaru.
"Mmm...yeah..." Haruka affirmed in a low and husky voice. The older woman slide her hands up and down Usagi's sides and pulled her princess deeper into the throng of partying friends.
A cryptic smile slowly blossomed on Usagi's face. She smoothed her hands up over her waist, up and around her neck, then slowly through her unbraided hair, as if she were testing her power.
Suddenly, she turned back and faced Haruka. She was breathless and her face was red with more than just a drunken rosieness. Haruka danced her over to Yaten.
The fair woman smiled shyly and pointed to her chest as if to say "Me?" When Usagi nodded, her smile stretched into a look of shy but happy surprise, and they started to dance.
Haruka watched them for a moment, then closed her eyes and let the music take her away.
Usagi lifted her tanned arms above her head and swayed. Yaten pressed against her and warm hands snaked around her waist. Usagi was immediately glad she'd lost the blouse hours ago as the sensuous pleasure of Yaten's slender and artistic hands on her bare skin and a pleasant nervousness rushed through her.
Yaten's hands slid from Usagi's waist and instead dug into the back pocket's of the blonde's jeans. Consequently, their hips ground together and the loud techno music reverberated through their connected bodies. A sudden vision swept through Yaten's mind sending tiny jolts of electricity sparking to her fingertips.
She had seen herself kissing Usagi. And it hadn't been a friendly peck on the cheek. The kiss was long and passionate. Her lips trembled and she felt phantom lips brushing her own in a soft and tempting "free sample" of what was possible. But when she opened her eyes Usagi was looking at her curiously.
Then the vision of the passionate kiss flashed uninvited – but not unwanted – into her mind. Yaten blushed and backed away from Usagi.
Usagi grabbed her hand and pulled her back going as far as to slid Yaten's hands back into the rear pockets of her jeans. The air was fragrant with her Vanilla 'N Coconut perfume. "You want to dance?"
Yaten took a deep breath. She was filled with dizzy confusion as the hazy fuzz of the beer she had consumed flooded through her senses. Why would Usagi want to dance with her? Usagi smiled. Was she flirting with her? What about Mamoru?
Yaten shrugged. She could feel Usagi's belt buckle pressing against her fluttering stomach. She couldn't catch her breath.
"Why do you look so surprised?" Usagi asked. She held her close, her hands firm on the small of her back. Yaten placed her hands on her hips and tried not to look in her piercing blue eyes.
Yaten looked up at her, but Usagi quickly looked away. Why couldn't she look into her eyes when it was usually so easy to look in the eyes of other girls, tilt her head, and tease them?
Yaten continued dancing with her but felt acutely aware of the closeness of their bodies, the scratch of Usagi's jeans on her bare legs. Usagi's hands moved up and down the exposed skin of Yaten's arms, leaving tingling trails of tiny goose bumps along them. She leaned down, pressing her cheek next to hers.
Yaten closed her eyes and let her arms slowly side up Usagi's sides to wrap around her neck. She had never imagined that it could feel this good to dance with a woman. Usagi's lips moved across Yaten's cheek, searching for hers. Usagi danced slow against her and stared down at Yaten, her eyes lingering on sugar pink lips. Yaten's eyes fluttered closed. Her chin tilted upwards slightly and she parted her mouth slightly and waited. She needed a kiss.
Usagi leaned in, as if, to kiss her when a commotion made them turn.
Hotaru had passed out standing up, and now lay immobile in a pile of smashed take-out cartons and discarded articles of clothing. Apparently the three bottles of beer she had willingly consumed had been a bit much for the younger woman and had raced through her system faster than it did in their 21 and 24 year old bodies. Secondly, they had been at bunch of wild parties, with alcohol involved, whereas this was Hotaru's first.
The music stopped and the room was filled with the sound of beer cans emptying. Minako, Michiru, and Rei shoved around them, heading for the bathrooms. Someone tapped Yaten's shoulder. She slumped and turned her head. She sadly watched as Haruka pulled Usagi close and they headed towards Hotaru.
Only Seiya saw the entire scene between Usagi and Yaten and laughed as her green-eyed sister growled and kicked the couch with a muttered oath:
"Damnit!"
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R & R!
Tell me what ya think.
And yah...they drink beer...yah got a problem with THAT?!
They're in their twenties! They don't exactly drink apple juice anymore.
KissThis
